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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR MID ATLANTIC STATES WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
513 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...
.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE SRN WATERS THROUGH WED NIGHT AND WILL SHIFT SE OF THE
AREA LATE THU. LOW PRES MOVING NE...N OF NEW ENGLAND WILL FORCE
A COLD FRONT TO MOVE SE TOWARD THE NRN MID ATLC COAST LATE THU.
THE COLD FRONT WILL SE OVER THE WATERS FRI...THEN PASS E OF THE
AREA EARLY SAT. LOW PRES WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT FRI AND MOVE
NE OF THE AREA LATE FRI. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE E OVER THE AREA
SAT.
SANDY HOOK TO FENWICK ISLAND...OUT TO 250 NM.
.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR
LESS.
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. AREAS OF
FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.WED...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. AREAS OF
FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.FRI...WINDS N TO NW 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 4
TO 7 FT.
.SAT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.
FENWICK ISLAND TO CAPE HATTERAS...OUT TO 250 NM.
.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.
.FRI...WINDS N TO NW 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.SAT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 KT
OR LESS. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
CAPE HATTERAS TO MURRELLS INLET...OUT TO 250 NM.
.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.FRI...WINDS N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.SAT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.